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FE <br />21992 <br />F�.1.825 <br />the next order <br />of business and take no action on this <br />request for funding. <br />Commissioner Fletcher suggested starting up a volunteer <br />effort to create our own county job -seeking organization, a <br />place where employees and employers can call. <br />Chairman Scurlock noted that the money is still being <br />collected and still going somewhere, and he had a problem <br />with coming up with $43,000 and not having any control. He <br />felt sure the federal government is going to see how many <br />counties will enter into a contract and then reanalyze their <br />budget. <br />Commissioner Bird felt if all maintain their position, <br />it will rumble back to Washington that they made cuts in the <br />wrong area. <br />Commissioner Wodtke noted that this agency serves not <br />only the local people, but people who go from here to <br />Georgia to pick fruit, and he doubted, even in the event we <br />did fund this office, whether we would be able to provide a <br />good service on a statewide basis since it is possible that <br />60 or 700 of the employment offices in Florida will be <br />closed by March 15th and our effort might be a singular type <br />of activity. He further noted the service really needs to <br />be tied in with the computers in Unemployment Compensation <br />to be properly functional. He suggested that rather than <br />make a determination today, the Commission wait until the <br />next meeting to see if there are any other alternatives in <br />the community. <br />Gene Rodgers, manager of the Unemployment Office, <br />informed the Board that there is a Bill before the State <br />Congress about mail -in claims. In addition, today's <br />newspaper reported that the President has asked Congress to <br />approve 2.3 billion to help states pay extended benefits and <br />for state employment services, and he hoped this will come <br />through. <br />